Philip II was angry that the English were interfering with his New World empire, and in the Low Countries. He sent a massive fleet to the Low Countries to pick up a Spanish army and invade England. However, the English defeated the Spanish Armada in the English Channel, and destroyed even more ships as the Spanish retreated around Ireland. *This marked a huge reversal in power; it marked a northward shift in power in Europe.*
The Spanish Armada
Philip II was angry that the English were interfering with his New World empire, and in the Low Countries. He sent a massive fleet to the Low Countries to pick up a Spanish army and invade England. However, the English defeated the Spanish Armada in the English Channel, and destroyed even more ships as the Spanish retreated around Ireland. *This marked a huge reversal in power; it marked a northward shift in power in Europe.*